Ximflip is compatible with most mobile VR headsets and once paired to the user’s smartphone, allows the user to complete a range of actions within smartphone-powered app-based VR games, such as pointing, selecting, grabbing, paddling, and throwing. Powered by two AAA batteries providing a battery life of approximately 40 hours and weighing only 45g, Ximflip has a 122 by 37 by 34mm form factor, and features accelerometer, gyroscope, and touchpad sensors.

Ximneon also features an external stereo camera to track the user’s movements within its line of sight and 120⁰ field of vision up to three meters via a VR headset-mounted LED marker. The camera tracks the LEDs on the headset marker to locate the user’s position in the 3D space, relaying the data back to the user’s smartphone via a home Wi-Fi network.

“Ximflip and Ximneon both heavily rely on the processing capability of the Nordic SoCs,” says Jingwen Dai, Ximmerse CTO. “In each case the nRF51822 SoC and nRF52832 SoC provide all the system computing requirements, capturing and processing sensor data and providing the Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity to the user’s smartphone.”